Crime Statistics for Grimethorpe, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Grimethorpe in August 2024. There were a total of 62 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Grimethorpe, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	30
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Public Order	7
Other Theft	5
Burglary	3
Other Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	62

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Grimethorpe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Grimethorpe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Grimethorpe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Grimethorpe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Upper Cudworth (1.86 miles)	99
Cudworth (1.96 miles)	98
Brierley (0.62 miles)	66
Belle Green (1.24 miles)	59
South Kirkby (1.96 miles)	59
Grimethorpe	46
South Hiendley (2.24 miles)	46
Cudworth Common (1.75 miles)	31
Great Houghton (2.24 miles)	16
Sandhill (2.24 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Grimethorpe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Grimethorpe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cudworth	42
Belle Green	41
South Kirkby	41
Upper Cudworth	34
Grimethorpe	30
Brierley	29
South Hiendley	21
Cudworth Common	12
Great Houghton	4
Sandhill	4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Grimethorpe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Grimethorpe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Grimethorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grimethorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Grimethorpe is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Royston	81
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Monk Bretton	80
5	Stairfoot	79
6	Hemsworth	79
7	Darfield	78
8	Cudworth	73
9	Wombwell	73
10	North East	68
11	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59

Which road in Grimethorpe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Grimethorpe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around East Street.